Boards and Commissions

Ohio Legislative Service Commission

Indigent Defense System Task Force

Status	Type of Board	Full-time	Expiration Date
Current	Temporary	No	12/31/2026

Subject to Sunset Review	Partisan Affiliation Restriction	Senate Confirmation Required
No	No	No

Authority	Total Membership
Section 6 of H.B. 150 of the 134th G.A.	17

Dates of Appointment		Term Length
		The duration of the task force

Ending Date Of Term	Report Requirements
	Due April, 2024

Appointment Authority	Membership Composition
House Minority Leader, Other, Senate Minority Leader, Senate President, Speaker	House members, Members with other stated qualifications, Public members, Senate members, State agency employees, Statewide elected officials/department heads

Compensation		Staff Assistance
Not Specified		LSC

Chairperson	Additional Information
Co-chaired by one member of the Senate and one member of the House of Representatives, both from the majority party and appointed by their respective leaders.

Qualifications
(1) The State Public Defender; (2) The Chair of the Ohio Public Defender Commission; (3) The Governor or the Governor's designee; (4) The Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, or the Chief Justice's designee; (5) One judge appointed by the Ohio Judicial Conference; (6) One attorney appointed by the Ohio State Bar Association; (7) One public defender appointed by the Ohio Public Defender Commission; (8) One attorney who participates in the assigned counsel system, appointed by the Ohio Public Defender Commission; (9) One prosecuting attorney of a county elected to the office under section 309.01 of the Revised Code, appointed by the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association; (10) One county commissioner appointed by the president of the County Commissioners' Association of Ohio; (11) The Attorney General or a designee of the Attorney General; (12) Six members of the General Assembly, including: (a) Three members of the Senate, including two from the majority party appointed by the Senate President, and one from the minority party appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; (b) Three members of the House of Representatives, including two from the majority party appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one from the minority party appointed by the House Minority Leader

Qualifications

(1) The State Public Defender; (2) The Chair of the Ohio Public Defender Commission; (3) The Governor or the Governor's designee; (4) The Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, or the Chief Justice's designee; (5) One judge appointed by the Ohio Judicial Conference; (6) One attorney appointed by the Ohio State Bar Association; (7) One public defender appointed by the Ohio Public Defender Commission; (8) One attorney who participates in the assigned counsel system, appointed by the Ohio Public Defender Commission; (9) One prosecuting attorney of a county elected to the office under section 309.01 of the Revised Code, appointed by the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association; (10) One county commissioner appointed by the president of the County Commissioners' Association of Ohio; (11) The Attorney General or a designee of the Attorney General; (12) Six members of the General Assembly, including: (a) Three members of the Senate, including two from the majority party appointed by the Senate President, and one from the minority party appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; (b) Three members of the House of Representatives, including two from the majority party appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one from the minority party appointed by the House Minority Leader